Page B2-The Chronicle, Thursday, January 5, 1984 sportsweek II I E BPs jfl ^K>. Hr ^^B^vS&sSI _ ,_w- _->.. -nMn - i B^s>\ :^H K >''X;' ''*A HHHf w^aK w. 1 ? "v Mixed Results ^ North Surry's Strickland: Stellar on offense but ovc Hill's Smith on defense (photo by James Parker). Rams' Russell Leai By ROBERT ELLivicir?nc d.. begin conference competition with eyes on division titles gai and seedings for the CIAA tourney in February. ing Thus far, only four divisional games have been played, coi all in the North, and Virginia State has a leg up on the ] rest of the field. The Trojans, who lost top scorers Julius Be Norman and Darreil Stith, both four-year starters, to po graduation, looked to be hard-pressed to keep pace in the sea division this season. But they beat St. Paul's at home in early December and stunned powerful Virginia Union thi 77-74 in overtime Dec. 17. "is Hampton is the only other team to have a division win 13 to its credit, beating Bowie State back in November. cui As for overall records, Hampton entered the holiday break at 8-1, Norfolk State was unbeaten in five games, Sn and Union's only loss in eight outings came at the hands Vii of Virginia Statg,t The Panthers have also defeated the Wi highly-regarcfeci University of the District of Columbia Da this season. - . an Virginia State, at 5-3, is the only other Northern Divi ga Pe Aggies Impressive : fie w m -ww in J ourney win r By ROBERT ELLER Sports Editor The North Carolina A&T Aggies, who had to settle for respect rather than a win against defending national champion North Carolina State Dec. 20, got both last weekend in the first- University of North Carolina Charlotte Holiday Basketball Classic. With tournament Most Valuable Player Joe Binion scoring 46 points and grabbing 26 rebour*ds in the twoday event, the Aggies took the title in impressive fashion. In opening-round action, the Aggies took on Appalachian State in a game that was close through much of the early going. However, A&T outscored the Mountaineers 10-2 over the final two minutes of the first half to take a 37-28 halftime lead and was never headed in the 75-63 win. rnH t r? n r* o rM r? U ^ A . ~J U - J 1 utuiuii iujjvu in a g,amt-i il?ii punil?* dllU [ 1 dU 1\J I Cbounds. Guards Eric Boyd and Jimmy Brown added 15 points each for the Aggies./ AScT used a tight zone defense throughout the contest and Coach Don Corbett said he was pleased with the defensive effort. In the titltgame the Aggies took on UNC-Wilmington in a nip-and-tuck affair throughout the first half which ended with khc Aggies ahead 33-31. The two teams were tied three tmiesvin the final 20 minutes before the Aggies took the lead for good with eight minutes left and cruised to a 65-54 win. see page B3 Li p v * Columns, Scores, P* Prep Spotltgt Reyno InThi By SAM DAVIS Staff Writer Hot-shooting^Jack Max wood Ottver paced a sec I that carried Reynolds to behind 56-43 win over cr East Forsyth and a third-] the Frank Spencer Classic u Memorial Coliseum. Neither team seemed ov playing in the consolatior tourney, which resulted in half. However, Reynolds g fense and defense going at of the second half. The Demons, employing for the first time this seaso Stan Elrod, were able to ci side game and take contn period. "We threw a little zone first half and they seemed I with if," said Elrod. wanted to get the ball insi when we went into the zon confused. We talked at Y I preventing them from getti SB side to Greg Scales and, on< away from them, they got Elrod said the loss < Jonathon Whitt earlier in rmatched by Chapel another reason for using a ; a zone coach,'' said Elrod is CIAA In Scoi h team with a winning record. In the South, no divisional games have been played.yer efall, Sff^ugtitetine'k, last season's division tfihner, is . WSSU is 6-2, Fayetteville State 6-5 andJohnson C. lith 4-3. \ look at individual stats shows that WSSU's Troy ssell is the league's top scorer with a 23.6 points-perme average. Russell, ranked 14th in the league in scor; last year with a 18.1 average, was not a pre-season allnference selection. Following Russell in scoring is St. Paul's Charles Bell. 11, a pre-season all-league selection, is averaging 23 ints per game after scoring at an 18-point clip last I f.L 1 isun, um 1 iv iiic league. Virginia Union's 6-8 powerhouse Charles Oakley is rd in scoring* averaging 22.4 points per game. Oakle> also the league's second-best rebotfrider, hauling in .4 misses per contest, and hi^64 percent shooting acracy is also second-best among league players. Rounding out the top ten in scoring are Johnson C. tith's Roosevelt McGruder (22.3), Kevin Bush of rginia State (21.8), David Pope of Norfolk State (21.2), illiam Person of Fayetteville State (19.9), Michael imon of Livingstone (19.8), Dave Lacy of Shaw (19.3] d Dwayne Wood of Virginia State (19.0). Pope leads the league in rebounding with 13.8 pei me. Following Oakley in the third spot is Fayetteville's rson at 12.5. Virginia State's Cliff Straughn is nexl th a 12.4 average, followed by Dajnon of Livingstone 11.9. North Carolina Central's Charles Murphy is the top Id goal percentage shooter, making better than 71 per 9 We Treat ***? v You Right! 1 EffiKF 203 South M#ln St. KomorrrtHo MM Reynold# *d ? <; ?i ">? > iu:s Co-c c imdo Co?e '? ) W1neton-S#l#n? r Clip1 Coupon , I FULL MEAL DEAL 4.89 | Includes Hot Dog, I 2 J Regular Fries, Small Soft o 5 Drink & 5 Oz. Sundae EXPIRES 1-19-84 |Limit t couoon 09' Customer per visit This coupon "Ot redetmebiet with eny other coupon otter ? I? 1 x Clip Coupon- ? J r-* a ofiles, Predictions lt_ . Ids Stops East rd-Place Game Whitt inside we don't have very much size." 22 r Maxwell, a 6-0 swing man, had not seen well ana Lyn- action in the tournament prior to game ond-half rally against East because of an injured hand, a come-from- But Maxwell came out confidently against oss-town rival the Eagles, drilling his first two shots to place finishSti give the Demons aa early 4-2 lead. : last week at. However, he saved his best for the final ^ - quarter when he hit three consecutive out erjoyetf about side jumpers. . j i game of the "I had been out for five days with a 3 ho-hum first hand injury prior to the game and 1 really ;ot both its of- wanted to help the team tonight," said the beginning Maxwell. "We know we have to play them again so we all knew that if we won a zone defense tonight we could gain a psychological n under Coach edge. My job is to shoot from the outside irtail East's in- and tonight my game was on, so I kept dI in the third putting the ball up. We were also concentrating on stopping Scales and boxing at them in the East off the boards, uncomfortable "Our strategy was to put some weight Ve knew they on him inside and not let him get a second de on us and, or third shot," said Maxwell. "Coach e, they looked told us at halftime to front Scales and give lalftime about weak-side help. Fortunately, we were able ing the ball in- to do our job inside.7' :e we took that Oliver, a 6-2 leaper who was able to frustrated." contain Scales with help from his team5f 6-4 center mates, rejected Scales' shots twice during the week was the game, in addition to soaring over the~ TAna rlrt# tnllar C ^ -?J ^ L.v/iiv. m in iiui ianv.i iui i*t ctllU UClIlg II dill, "but without Please see page B3 ing At Break cent of his shots from the field. Behind Oakley is Russell, ~ wtth7a*S8.5 marki . j ji i Wood is the top assist rtian with an average of 5.8 per game, followed by Bubba Johnson of Hampton with a 5.6 average. y Wood is also the leader in steals, averaging 3.8 takeaways per game. McGruder of Smith is second with 3.3 and Pope averages three steals per outing. Gedric Miller, Hampton 6-11 center,.leads in blocked shots with 29, six more than runnerup John White of Bowie State. rMA ML MA MAM ML A PARKWAY . 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